Airbus Helicopters annual orders rise 9%, deliveries creep higher
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus Helicopters saw a 9% increase in net orders last year but deliveries rose fractionally as the civil market struggled to recapture pre-COVID levels, the company said on Tuesday.…
Airbus ‘turns page’ on Brexit but presses UK on helicopters, space
LONDON (Reuters) -The head of planemaker Airbus “turned the page” on the planemker’s past opposition to Brexit and pledged to keep wings production in Britain, but said the European aerospace giant hoped…
Airbus nine-month deliveries reach 437 jets
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus deliveries sped up in September, bringing the number of jets supplied so far this year to 437 and leaving the European planemaker what one analyst called a manageable…
Air France and Airbus on trial 13 years after Atlantic jet disaster
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board, the French carrier and planemaker Airbus go…
Airbus: aircraft services market to recover to pre-pandemic level by end-2023
PARIS (Reuters) – The aircraft services market will recover to its pre-pandemic level by the end of 2023 and double in value over the next 20 years, Airbus said on Thursday as…
Buy European, CEO of Airbus Helicopters urges military leaders
By Tim Hepher MARIGNANE, France (Reuters) – The head of Airbus Helicopters has urged Europe to back its domestic defence industry when launching major new military programmes, as a row simmers over…
China Southern Airlines places order for 40 Airbus jets
(Reuters) -China Southern Airlines Co Ltd said on Thursday its unit has placed an order with Airbus SE for 40 A320neo-family aircraft worth $4.85 billion. The deal comes months after three Chinese…
Airbus sees helicopter lift-off on energy crisis, military spend
By Tim Hepher MARIGNANE, France (Reuters) – Airbus Helicopters expects new orders and deliveries to keep growing this year, its chief executive told Reuters, as a scramble for new energy supplies and…
Air Lease chairman says progress payments to Airbus, Boeing under scanner
(Reuters) – Air Lease Corp’s chairman said on Thursday the lessor will examine progress payments that the company makes to Boeing Co and Airbus SE, as deliveries of aircraft get delayed due…
U.S. adds 25 Airbus planes operated by Russian airlines to export violation list
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday will add 25 Airbus airplanes operated by Russian airlines believed to violate U.S. export controls as part of the Biden administration’s…
Nigeria’s newly licensed national carrier to lease Airbus, Boeing aircrafts -minister
ABUJA – Nigeria’s newly licenced national carrier will lease a mix of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, the aviation minister said on Wednesday. Hedi Sirika told reporters in Abuja after the plan was…
Airbus mulls fighter options but focuses on FCAS – CEO
By Tim Hepher FARNBOROUGH, England – Europe’s Airbus, locked in a dispute with Dassault Aviation over the next stage of a Franco-German-Spanish fighter project, is thinking about other options but is focused…
Airbus sales chief says about time Boeing got back some steam
(Reuters) – Airbus’ sales chief when asked about rival Boeing announcing orders at the Farnborough Airshow said it was time for the U.S. planemaker to regain some ground. “I prefer to speak…
Factbox-Highlights of Airbus jet demand forecasts
(Reuters) – European planemaker Airbus has updated its widely watched rolling 20-year forecasts for jetliner demand. Here are the main points of the forecasts, published a week ahead of the Farnborough Airshow.…
Airbus delivered 58 commercial jetliners in June -sources
PARIS – Europe’s Airbus delivered some 58 jetliners in June, bringing first-half deliveries to around 295 – fractionally below the mid-way performance last year, industry sources said. Airbus declined to comment on…
Chinese state airlines to buy almost 300 Airbus jets
BEIJING/SYDNEY -China’s “Big Three” state airlines pledged on Friday to buy a total of almost 300 Airbus jets, the biggest order by Chinese carriers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and…
IAG converts 14 Airbus options into orders
LONDON – International Airlines Group said on Thursday it had converted options for 14 A320neo family Airbus jets, announced in 2013, into firm orders for 11 A320neos and three A321neos. The aircraft…
Airbus CEO: Supply problems may improve from mid-2023
BERLIN – Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said at the ILA Berlin Air Show trade fair on Thursday he expects supply bottlenecks to ease from mid-2023 as crises have usually lasted 12…
Air India in talks with Airbus and Boeing to buy up to 300 narrowbody jets – sources
DOHA – Air India is in discussions with Airbus and Boeing for the potential purchase of up to 300 narrowbody jets, industry sources said. Airbus and Boeing declined comment on the negotiations,…
Airbus deliveries fell 6% in May amid supply chain pressure
PARIS – Airbus confirmed on Wednesday it delivered 6% fewer airplanes in May, compared to the same month last year, as the aerospace industry wrestles with tight supply chains. It delivered 47…
Airbus bows to Queen’s jubilee and delays key investor meeting
By Tim Hepher PARIS – Plans by Airbus to host its largest investor meeting in three years have been postponed after the keenly awaited presentation clashed with Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee, ruffling feathers…
Airbus defeats appeal by ‘Right Stuff’ pilot Chuck Yeager’s estate
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Airbus on Wednesday defeated an appeal by the estate of Chuck Yeager, the U.S. Air Force pilot who broke the sound barrier, accusing the aerospace company of…
Analysis-Pandemic jet deals in spotlight as Airbus axes Russia delivery
By Tim Hepher PARIS – In the final hours of 2021 Airbus officially delivered two A350s to Russia’s Aeroflot, helping the jetmaker meet annual delivery targets. Months later, the jets remain in…
Airbus sees raw material supply secured even in case of sanctions -FAS
(Reuters) – Airbus said its production targets are not affected by the war in Ukraine as it sees raw material supplies secured even if Russian exports are embargoed, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung…
Airbus Q1 deliveries climb 13%, details output plans
By Tim Hepher PARIS – European planemaker Airbus delivered between 140 and 142 aircraft in the first quarter, up almost 13% from the same period last year, industry sources said on Wednesday.…
Airbus cancels third A350 as Qatar dispute tops $1 billion – sources
PARIS -Airbus has revoked the contract for a third A350 ordered by Qatar Airways after the Gulf carrier rejected delivery in an ongoing dispute over damage to the surface of the long-haul…
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